Curtain-pole.



i. F. HINES.

CURTAIN POLE.

v APPLICATION FILED OCT-4,1915.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.v

Army

Jenner. nnvns, or CLEVELAND, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN 1V1. SAR-VER AND ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH K. BYE,

BOTH OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed October 4, 1915. I Serial No. 53,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that 1, JAMES F. Tlmn-s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to poles for hanging curtains at the top of a window or elsewhere, and the object of the improvement is to provide a pivotal support for one end of the pole which permits the. curtain to be uniformly draped without obstruction from end to end of the pole, and alsopermits the pole with the curtain thereon to be swung on its pivoted end away from the window without binding or bunching the curtain or 1mpinging the window frame at the pivoted end of the pole.

Theseobjects and other advantages are attained by the construction and'arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary face elevation of a window top showing the improved pole mounted thereon; v

Fig. 2, a similar elevation showing the pivoted end of the pole, with the pivotal support in section;

Fig. 3, a detached pivotal support;

Fig.4, a detached side. elevation of'the keeper for the free end of the pole; v

Fig. 5, a fragmentary plan view showing the pivotally supported end of the pole;

Fig. 6, a fragmentary face elevation of the top of a window showing a pair of poles pivotally supported, one at each side thereof; and

Fig. 7, a fied form of the pole bracket.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The pivotal support 1 for the curtain pole,

includesthe supporting bracket 2 secured to one side of the window frame, and the pole brzltcket 3 secured on one end of the curtain p0 e.

The supporting bracket is preferably formed with the base plate having ears 5 on each side with slots or apertures 6 therein, for securing the bracket to the side of the window by means of the screws 7.

The supporting bracket is also formed with the forwardly extending shank 8 which perspective view of the face elevation showing a modi- I is made of suflicient vertical depth to rigidly sustain the supporting head 9 which is formed on the forward end of the stem.

The vertical journal hearing or socket 10 is formed in the head of the supporting bracket and is made of such a substantial length as will securely support the pivot stem 11 of the pole bracket.

' The pole bracket is formed with the pond ent pivot stem 11 which is made to neatly fit and rotate in the journal bearing 10 in the supporting head, and at the upper end of the pivot stem is formed the annular shoulder 12 adapted to bear and rotate upon the upper end 13 of the supporting head.

The body 14 of the pole bracket is formed with arelatively short arm 15 or 15*- on one side of the pivot stem and with the relatively long arm 16 on the other side of the pivot stem; which arms are respectively adapted to engage and support one end of the curtain pole 17.

The short arm of the pole bracket is provided with a cylindric socket 18 or 18 adapted to receive and engage the end portion of the curtain pole 17. This arm is preferably made in a'semi-spherical form 15, thus closing the end of the curtain pole and forming a round smooth end for the curtain bracket so as not to catch the curtain, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the drawings.

This short arm may be formed as a ring 15 wherein the cylindric socket 18 is a through opening, through which the curtain pole may extend at one end, as shown in Fig. 7, of the drawings. In this case it is preferred to provide a suitable finishing cap 19-1for the protruding end of the curtain The body portion 14: and long arm 16 of the pole bracket are cylindrically concaved on their upper side, coaxial with the cylindrical socket formed in the short end thereof, thus forming a supporting seat for a considerable portion of the curtain pole extending a substantial distance along the under side thereof from the pivot axis of the pole bracket.

The top and sides of the body portion and long arm of the pole bracket are cut away so as to freely expose the sides and the top of the curtain pole, excepting only the extreme end thereof which is entered and secured in the cylindric socket in the short arm of the bracket. By this formation of the bracket it is evident that a curtain may be uniformly draped upon the pole throughout its entire length without .bei-n obstruct.- ed .or interfered with by the P e racke A suitable aperture 20 is preferably provided in the end of the long arm of the bracket, through which aperture a screw 21 maybe passed for securing the pole in the seat and socket formed by the pole bracket.

The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the extreme length of the short arm of the pole bracket is only about half the length of the shank of the supporting bracket, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 5, so thatvthe free .end of the pole can be ro- :tated directly outward without any portion .of its pivotal bracket impinging the frame of the window; nd it is also evident'that a tainmay h drapedove and bey n extreme end of i the pole and its pivotal bracket, and made fast to the window frame without being bunched or crushed against the window frame when the free end of the pole is swung away therefrom.

The long arm of the pole bracket is extended a substantial distance along the under side ,of the pole to give sufficient leverage, with reference to the end of the pole which is secured in the short arm of the bracket, so as to firmly sustain ,th v free end of the pole from sagging, excepting as the pole may bend from its own elasticity. Such an extension of the long arm of the pole bracket is made to compensate for .the necessity of making the other arm short enough to permit the bracket and the curtain draped thereover to swing inward without impinging or bunching against the window frame.

The cylindric seat in the pole bracket is preferably inclined upward from the short arm to the long arm thereof, with reference to the vertical axis of its pivot stem, as

'shown more clearly in Fig. 2 so to r at o any nd ng here may b in th body and free end of the pole by reason of its elasticity, or any looseness there may be e Pi ta e r ng; d it is ev entj hat by this construction the freeflend of the pole will always be maintained at height as the pivoted .end thereof.

A suitable keeper 22 maybe secured to the opposite side of'the window frame for normally receiving and holding the freeend .of the curtain pole from swinging away from the window, and it is preferred to use such a keeper when asinglefpole is used extending entirely across a window, as'shown in Fig. 1, but the use of such a keeper is not the sam 1. A pivotal support for theend of a curtain pole including a supporting bracket adapted to. be secured to a window frame or the like and having a shank with a head thereon spaced from the frame, and a pole bracket having a pendent stem pivoted on the supporting head with a relatively short arm engaging one end of the curtain pole and a relatively long arm forming a 'seat for the curtain pole extending a substantial distance along its under side from the axis of the pivot stem.

2. A pivotal support for. the end of a curtain pole including a supporting bracket adapted to te mmate a window frame or the like 'and'having a: shank with a head thereon sp'acedYfrom the frame, and a pole bracket-having a pendent stem pivoted on the supporting head with a relatively'short engaging one end of the curtain pole and a relatively long arm forming a seat for thecurtain pole extending a substantial dis tance along its under side from the axis of the pivot stem, theshank of the supporting bracket being longer than the short arm of the pole bracket.

' 3. A bracket for a curtain pole comprising a pendent pivot stem, a relatively short arm engaging one ,end of the curtain pole and a relatively long arm forming a seat for the curtain pole extending a substantial distance along its under side from the axis of the pivot stem, the short arm of the pole bracket having a socket for inclosing the end of the curtain pole and being shaped semi-spherical externally so as not to catch the curtain.

4. A bracket for a curtain pole comprising a pendent pivot stem, a relatively short arm engaging one end of the curtain pole and a relatlvely long arm forming a seat for the curtain pole extending a substantial distance long its under side from the axis of the pivot stem, the seat in the pole bracket being inclinedfupward from the short arm to the r long arm thereof with reference to the vertical axis of the pivot stem.

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